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Herbert Butterfield

(1900–1979) Historian United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Herbert Butterfield was a historian from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for The Origins of Modern Science 1300-1800.

Quick Facts About Herbert Butterfield

Born
October 7, 1900
Died
July 20, 1979
Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Profession
Historian
Notable works
The Origins of Modern Science 1300-1800

About Herbert Butterfield

Sir Herbert Butterfield was an English historian and philosopher of history, who was Regius Professor of Modern History and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He is remembered chiefly for a short volume early in his career entitled The Whig Interpretation of History (1931) and for his Origins of Modern Science (1949). Butterfield turned increasingly to historiography and man's developing view of the past. Butterfield was a devout Christian and reflected at length on Christian influences in historical perspectives.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Knight Bachelor Fellow of the British Academy

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